Garcia did not have an attorney listed in online court records. She had an initial appearance in a Del Rio federal court Friday and was released on $20,000 bond, according to prosecutors.

Prosecutors said the case is connected to the investigation into Rodolfo Heredia, a Maverick County commissioner who in October was arrested on charges he sold his truck to the Zetas drug cartel and smuggled the proceeds into the U.S. In a detention hearing last month in Del Rio, an FBI agent testified that Heredia was part of a kickback scheme involving grants from the Texas Department of Transportation.

A judge ordered Heredia held without bond, but his attorney maintained the commissioner's innocence and complained the agent was making allegations far beyond the actual charges.

Also last month, a current and a former Maverick County employee were each charged with using false invoices to defraud the county.